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"Just the children" Harry whispered to her again, before the sand started to glow.
Closing their eyes and gripping onto one another, Harry and Ginny Potter disappeared with no sound from Potter manor.
AN: This whole chapter is based on introductions, oh and there is no sections in this chapter like the others except for quickly at the end but you'll see.
"We're from 2018". . WHAT!
12 Grimmauld Place kitchen was the centre point of the entire house. It was not only the dining room and cooking area combined, but also the place where all the Order meetings were held. There was always people either entering or leaving the room and people could often be found in the kitchen just chatting away.
Dumbledore steered Harry down the stairs back to the kitchen whilst Harry scowled the entire time. Dumbledore couldn't help but chuckle to himself in his head. The boy was far to curious for his own good. He'd know that Harry would follow, but he was quite surprised that nobody had stopped him. Namely that of Mrs Weasley.
Searching around Dumbledore located Molly sat at the table drinking a cup of tea. She gave him a look when she noticed him pushing Harry back into the room to say 'do you think I really could have stopped him'. But all the same she stood up. Dumbledore stopped in the doorway and could feel the people shuffling around from behind him, gearing themselves up for a Molly Weasley explosion.
"OF ALL THE STUPID, IDIOTIC THINGS TO DO, LEAVING THE KITCHEN WHEN YOU ARE UNAWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING" Mrs Weasley screeched to those behind him, focusing mostly on her children who all flinched and tucked themselves further in behind Dumbledore.
She started puttering around the kitchen mumbling to herself whilst glancing at the headmaster and the people she could see behind him. Dumbledore was actually surprised that she hadn't gone further. Perhaps she had realised there had been no real danger when she didn't hear any shouting or fighting. Mrs Weasley may have a temper but even she could be rationale.
"Well what are you all standing there for, sit down now" She exclaimed before taking her seat herself.
Taking her lead, Dumbledore moved out the doorway and pressed down on Harry's shoulder to sit him in a chair. Harry lifted his head to give the headmaster an indignant look. Once Harry was in a seat, Dumbledore stepped to the side to stand at the head of the table, whilst the Order members found the seats that they had left, in a rush to get upstairs. Once settled everyone focused on the three children that had appeared in the entrance hall, who were stood against the wall, noticing that the two boys had positioned themselves forward from who must be their sister.
"Ah I believe some more seats are in order" Dumbledore exclaimed. Pulling out his wand, he nonverbally flicked his wand and 3 basic dining chairs appeared.
"Daddy can do that" Lily announced to the room after being pushed into the middle chair. Al and James taking up the seats either side of her. Half the room turned to face Harry who sank in his chair. To nonverbally conjure chairs, even the basic of chairs meant that a person had to be far above average. Quite a few people could do non verbal spells, but these were usually basic spells such as Lumos or a basic shield spell. Mrs Weasley who hadn't been upstairs gaped at the children.
"Harry's your daddy?" She asked, looking to Ginny out the corner of her eyes as she said it. She then shared a look with Arthur and he grinned at her out the corner of his mouth.
"He can?" Sirius gleefully asked at the same time.
"Yep, Daddy said he'd been able to do it a long time. He said that I could probably do it in a few years." Lily proudly announced to the room.
"Oh really. And your daddy is Harry, is it?" Sirius questioned.
"Yuppp" Lily exclaimed, popping the p's as she did so. It was something that she had learnt off Harry when she began speaking, as he also did it every now and again. Lily was bouncing up and down in her seat. She maybe only eleven but she knew they were trying to get a confirmation about who they were, especially her. Al and James looked like Harry. They were obvious. Lily had red hair, she could have been a Weasley for all they knew. Apart from the obvious that she had called Harry daddy whilst in the entrance hall, her mannerisms backed up the fact that Harry had 3 children.
"Professor Dumbledore?" asked Al.
"Yes, my boy" The room turned to face Al who like Harry sank into his chair. Hermione who was sat to the left of Harry grinned at Ron to her left.
"Perhaps some introductions are in order now" Al questioned, turning to glance at James over their sister's head.
"Yep, youngest to oldest. Right bug face" James said turning to Lily and putting a hand on her knee to try to stop her leg jostling about.
Lily said, lifting her hands up in exasperation. "Oh why do I always have to go first".
"Because you're the baby" was the simultaneous reply she got from her brothers. The Order just stayed silent watching the sibling interaction. Harry was staring at Lily with pure relief. These children were proof he survived everything that was sure to come.
Lily pushed her chair back to stand. "Shall I stay here... I mean can everyone see me" She got confirmation from the nodding and smiles. A woman with bright coloured hair was grinning and nodding enthusiastically and Lily just stared at her for a moment.
"Right then. I'm Lily." Harry grinned. Hermione squeezed his arm whilst Sirius clapped him on the shoulder. "Lily Luna Potter to be exact" She smiled and went to sit down.
"Who's Luna?" Harry asked giving his future children a puzzled look.
"She's a family friend" Al replied dismissively. "Is that all your going to say Lil?"
She stared at him for a couple of seconds and then dramatically sighed and stood back up.
"I'm eleven, I start at Hogwarts this year... erm my best friend is Hugo... erm I don't like brussel sprouts but I love treacle tart"
James and Al piped up at this point and all three siblings raised their right hands and said "Praise the treacle tart"
The Order laughed. Harry blushed. Yep they had definitely got that from him. It was very well-known that Harry given the chance would just eat that for his dinner some days.
"Ohhh and finally, I have a dog" she said sitting down.
"HEY" "WHAT" "Snuffles is all of ours not just Lily's" Al pronounced to the room. Sirius and Harry grinned at the name.
Dumbledore smiled sadly at them, eyes still twinkling. He turned to McGonagall who was to his left and whispered. "Their very close aren't they". She just smiled. Dumbledore wished he had been close to his siblings like the three in front of him were. The bond between siblings was one of the strongest he thought. It was someone you could put your trust into and rely on.
"Alright your turn mini bolt" James announced to Al. Some of the Order chuckled getting the nickname straight away. Al glared at James. Sure Al was called it home but he didn't want everyone at Grimmauld place calling him it. He like to think that it was his special nickname, one that Grandpa Weasley had called him when he was born and held him for the first time.
Al stood up and looked at the rooms occupants and sighed. "I'm Al Potter. I'm 13 and I'm in Slytherin." And then he sat back down and let his announcement take hold.
Sirius stood up in outrage. "You're a Slytherin. A Potter in Slytherin. What the hell you been teaching your kids Harry"
Harry stared at his future son who looked like he had expected it and then at his godfather. "I don't know Sirius but sit down. I'm sure future me has no problem with it, after all it would be a bit hypocritical of me to say that it's bad, when the Sorting Hat wanted to place me there as well" Harry carried on staring at his godfather who closed his mouth with a snap.
The Potter children stared at their father. This was the person they knew. The person who defended them until he ran out of breath. And the person who could shut someone up with a stare.
"Is he telling the truth Albus?" Sirius asked. He received two yes' to his question. Whipping his head round he stared at Harry's mini me. "I didn't ask you" Remus just sighed and shook his head at his best friend. Sometimes he made himself look so dumb.
"HEY I think you'll find you did" James shouted standing up out his chair so quick that it knocked to the floor with a clatter. "What the in Merlin's name do you think Al is short for"
"You named your son Albus, Harry. I'm touched." Dumbledore said sending some of his eye twinkling at Harry. Harry gave him a quick glance and smile before turning to stare back at Al. "Young man please sit down" And James did because you felt the need to obey Dumbledore because well he was Dumbledore.
"What is your middle name. I know you have one. I can't imagine any of my children not having one. And you never said it" Harry gave Al a questioning look and in return got a stare back. Sirius sat back down next to him.
"Severus. My full name is Albus Severus Potter. And before you get out your seat again Sirius, Dad said that I was named after two of the bravest men that he had ever known and that he owed his life to them many times" Sirius who was going to get out his seat at the mention of Al's full name blanched.
Snape who was also sat at the table but just hadn't said anything blanched as well. Potter naming his son after him meant that he knew in the future either everything or mostly everything. Snape hadn't wanted that. Just because he had done it doesn't mean that he actually liked Potter. And he didn't want Potter thinking he did. He glanced over at Potter and nodded his head when he caught his eye. Potter in return also nodded his head.
As far as Harry was concerned for him to name his son after someone who he thought he hated, there must have been a pretty good reason for him to do so. Also whoever he married also had to agree to the name, so it must have definitely been a good reason.
"And lastly but not leastly. The oldest I assume" Dumbledore asked smiling at James. James gave him a look to say 'of course' and then stood up. The light in the entrance hall hadn't shown the children's features as much as what the kitchen did. Sirius and Remus both gasped in their seats and leant forward slightly to gawp at him. If Al looked like the spitting image of Harry, then this oldest boy looked the spit of their James. And that itself was like a smack to the throat.
James grinned to the crowd of Order members and bowed slightly. Al rolled his eyes whilst Lily snorted. "I'm James Sirius Potter".
Sirius shot up from his seat cheering and fist pumping "YESSS".
Turning to Harry he grabbed him in a hug and pulled him from his seat as well. "Thank you, thank you, thank you"
"Siri, I can't breathe" Harry stuttered. Sirius let him go and then tried to grab onto Lupin.
"Yeah I don't think so mutt" Remus laughed pushing him away, watching as he fell back into his seat with a thump, a wide grin on his face.
"Yep James Sirius. I'm 14, obviously the oldest and most wisest" James kept grinning. "OW Lily, what the hell". He shouted rubbing his arm. She just smiled back. "I'm Gryffindor"
He bowed again slightly when Sirius started cheering again, this time the twins and Ron also cheered along with him. "And I think that's about all there is to say. Oh my best friend is Freddie. He's Gryffindor as well." And with that James sat back down still smiling. "Now I'm starved." He announced.
Mrs Weasley shot up out her seat at this. It was like anything to do with food set off her motherly instincts. "I'll get you some food dears" Mrs Weasley said. "I do hope sandwiches are okay though I'm afraid you just missed the food"
"There fine thank you Grandma" Lily answered chirpily. Mrs Weasley stopped and turned to look at the young girl. Lily realising what she had said froze in her seat. Al thumped his head on the table with a sigh, whilst the rest of the room looked at her.
James realising what had been said but not the confirmation of it, ignored the room. "But seriously Grandma no corned beef. I mean it's good some days but I'm just not feeling it today" Mrs Weasley snapped out her shock and pulled out her wand to get everything.
"Hey kid, who is your mother" Lily looked to the young woman with the pink hair and flinched - this was Teddy's mum. And Lily for all her wise eleven years old didn't feel right meeting her when Teddy couldn't. She turned to James who was smiling at Mrs Weasley as she placed a sandwich in front of him.
"Who wants to know" James replied on the defense glancing up at Tonks whilst lifting the sandwich to his mouth.
"We all do. I'm Tonks by the way" Tonks responded, smirking at him.
"Yeah we know who you are" Al was the one to reply this time. Tonks head flicked to him like watching a tennis match. "But we don't see why we should tell you"
"Look we just want a confirmation about who your mother is, what's so bad about that" Tonks replied, starting to get irate quickly. The Order was watching the standoff as well. Harry and his friends were shocked that the future children didn't want to say. They had just assumed the Potter children called Mrs Weasley Grandma because Harry was practically her son.
"I mean come on, just tell us" Tonks begged.
"No I don't think we will" James smiled smugly. Potter and Weasley genes combined equalled so much stubbornness it was off the scale.
"Watch it kid, we could find out forcefully" Tonks retorted rising from her seat. Dumbledore just sat there watching amused. He'd felt the wards ding inside his head not even 30 seconds before, and if it was who he thought it was then they would confirm the mother.
"Tonks I'm going to have to ask you to sit the hell down and not threaten my son" came a voice from the doorway.
Harry and Ginny appeared much like their children had in 12 Grimmauld place except they were conscious. Both looked around the hall with disgust. Even though it had been one of the more tamer summers, the house still looked and felt just as disgusting.
"Of all the goddamn places to come to" Harry muttered letting go of his grip on Ginny but grabbing her hand instead. "Wands out Ginny, we don't know what year it is just yet".
"Do you think they're here Harry" Ginny whispered pulling her wand out her sleeve. Harry gave her a look. "Oh of course they are" Ginny said rolling her eyes. Harry was confident they were because well he was just Harry.
Harry started towards the kitchen stairs but stopped at the top. Turning to Ginny he knelt in front of her and tapped his wand on her boots and then on his own converses.
"Silencing charm?" Harry grinned and nodded at her, listening intently to the muffled sound from the kitchen. It seemed something was getting heated and much like a dog this was starting to raise Harry's hackles. Letting go of Ginny's hand, Harry started down the stairs slowly, the talking becoming clearer the further he got down. He stopped just before the door frame.
"No I don't think we will". James, Harry thought. Ginny grabbed the back of his jacket. Everything in the both of them was screaming to just burst into the room.
"Watch it kid, we could find out forcefully" Ginny's hold on Harry's jacket tightened. She let go feeling him shift. Now in no way was Ginny a push over when it came to defending her children, in fact everything screamed at her mother instincts to go into the kitchen and rip Tonks a new one, but she knew Harry would have more effect on the room, just because of his over all presence. Ginny took half a step back as Harry took one forward to stand directly in the door way.
"Tonks I'm going to have to ask you to sit the hell down and not threaten my son"
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AN: Thank you to everyone that's followed or favourited this. It means a lot.
I hope everyone doesn't mind that I haven't written James as too cocky. I just thought that if you got sent to the past and you were the oldest sibling, you would feel the most responsibility and would be the most cautious of your siblings. And I think that would put anyone on the defense. After all they don't technically know some of the people. And as for Tonks getting irate, I wanted it to be someone who it usually isn't i.e Moody or Snape.
